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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 667

A LAPI S LAZULI TRIPO D CENSER AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 12,000 - 15,000 USD

A LAPIS LAZULI TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 青金石雕饕餮紋龍耳活環龍鈕三足蓋爐

of bombé form set over three mask-and-claw-form feet, the exterior carved in high relief with foliage and abstract taotie masks,
the rim set with a pair of elaborate openwork dragon-head handles each with the mouth open revealing the fangs and issuing
wisps of qi, a loose ring suspended from each handle, the domed cover with a matching taotie band interspersed with three rams
carved in the round atop lingzhi-form clouds, the openwork finial in the form of a coiled dragon clasping a 'Flaming Pearl', wood
stand (3)

Width 8½ in., 21.6 cm

Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Kyoto, May 1924.
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
山中商會，京都，1924年5月
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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